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    CtrlAltStudio viewer

    in Second Life Viewer

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    From their website:   http://ctrlaltstudio.com/viewer

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    This Viewer is No Longer Being Maintained

    The CtrlAltStudio Viewer was developed in order to try out and share a number of ideas, primarily Oculus Rift support and stereoscopic 3D display, but also variable walk & fly speed, Xbox 360 controller support, and Kinect for Windows control. It is based on the Firestorm Viewer and can be used with both OpenSim and Second Life.

    Linden Lab’s cashier update of 15 Jun 2016 is not supported. This means that you can no longer perform L$ transactions with the browser built into this viewer.

    This viewer is no longer being maintained. The most recent release of this viewer is based on Firestorm 4.6.9 which was released in Dec 2014; there have been many improvements in Firestorm and other viewers since then that are not included in CtrlAltStudio Viewer. Unless you really need Oculus Rift or stereoscopic 3D support you should seriously consider using another viewer instead: either Linden Lab’s viewer or one of the other third party viewers such as Firestorm.

     

    Premium Home access is removed

    in General Discussion Forum

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    32 minutes ago, Marianne Little said:

    How long can one wait with the downgrade, if they will have the benefits as long as possible? The day before the renewal? Three days prior? One week?

    I think the ideal day to downgrade to Basic is the day before renewal.

    When I downgraded to Basic, I had to give up my Premium Land first before I even was allowed to Downgrade. I think the same applies if you have a Linden Home: You have to give it up prior to downgrading the account.

    And after giving it up, of course you have no access to it anymore.

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    NEW FIRESTORM UPDATE REMOVES IMPORTANT REGION OWNER/MANAGER RIGHTS

    in Second Life Viewer

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    1 hour ago, CrowleyCorp said:

    That's an easy one to answer.  I use firestorm like every other person in the grid.  Wouldn't want people thinking this only affects the official Linden Lab viewer since only noobs use that.

    It might be that Firestorm is the most-used viewer on the grid (I have no stats though to even guess that), but to call people who use the official SL Viewer "noobs" only shows your arrogance. Hell even I occasionally use the official SL Viewer, to look see if something that seems broken is specifically related to <insert viewer of choice here>, or system related.

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    What happens if Linden lab closes/shuts down

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    59 minutes ago, Rickyfatton said:

    If they shut down the servers, Would I be able to get all the money i've spend on Second life? or even a partial Refund.

    I think you would get nothing back. At all.

    Every single cent you've exchanged into L$ would be just as gone as the regions in SL if LL shut down the servers, and every single item you've bought, as well.

    And I even doubt that you would be entitled to a refund for any USD balance on your account before the shutdown.

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    how did you learn there were discussion forums?

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    8 hours ago, Matty Luminos said:

    I've been using the internet since 2002.  The first thing I look for on any new thing, is forums.

    Same here.

    When I became aware that there was a virtual world named "Second Life" (back then in early '08), first thing I did was looking for the forum connected to it, skimmed through a few threads -- which made me even more curious about SL than I already was -- then I created my first account.

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    Mobile Clients: Must-have, Nice to have, or Absolutely Unneccessary?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    To be honest, I couldn't care less about any mobile client to access Second Life. Especially when it comes to pure text clients (like that proposed iOS client by LL).

    From my point of view, SL is a rich virtual world, and I even consider the 15" screen of my laptop as "too small" pretty often, that's why I mostly use my desktop computer with its big monitor to log in. Even if there were a service that streamed SL onto the mobile screens: The screens of smartphones and even tablets are simply way too small (in my opinion) to have a good look on the virtual world. And whenever I enter SL, then ONLY on laptop or PC - even though both my smartphone and my tablet could handle Lumiya easily.

    So, what use is a mobile client anyway? And what can't wait until you (the general "you") boot your laptop or PC and run a "normal" viewer?

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    What are some of your pet peeves?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    One pet peeve of mine is when people who ought to be intelligent (after all they're smart enough to use a computer!) are simply too lazy to actually use their brain when it comes to doing things in-world, and cry "it's too complicated!", yet they're also too lazy to go look for help (like, in the forums or on youtube).

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    I Will not accept Tilia

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by ThorinII

    1 hour ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

    The second is, if you want people to use your product, make it simple to access, and easy to use. If you're selling computers to the general public, don't provide instruction manuals that only someone with a computer science degree will understand.

    And yet, Blender is pretty successful. ;)

    So what's wrong with something more complicated than some stupid video game? If the manual for <whatever> is too complicated for you (the general "you") to understand, then there's Google or other search engines that will lead you to forums and/or youtube tutorials about <whatever> helping you to understand it. You only have to show some interest and actively look for it. And I think that's something that can be expected nowadays. I think that no info about any product have to be spoon-fed to the prospective user at all. You don't understand the manual? Sorry, then the product isn't meant for you to use.

    Anyway, I think Second Life in general is easy enough to access and to use, and has been forever.There's been NOTHING - from creating the account to doing anything inworld at all that has been really complicated. Not with Viewer v1.x, not with V2.x or any other version... Those who still think it's too complicated and has a too steep learning curve, are either too lazy to think, and too lazy to ask for help, or too willfully ignorant to go look for it - and  sorry (not sorry), but whenever one of them leaves, it's no big loss.

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    Really debating about quitting Second Life

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by ThorinII

    4 hours ago, Erwin Solo said:

    Your response is non sequitur.  Your "Because if you" introduces a new word, "just," which does not exist in my statement, either before or after your misquotation.

    Words. 🙄

    What I meant with "fixing" your quote is, you can't play any of these worlds. Neither SL, nor of course RL. You can play in them though. 👿

    Don't worry, be HAPPY

    in General Discussion Forum

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    I'm just thankful for all the friends and acquaintances I met inworld, for the subs and "slaves" I've had (even for those who left me) -- and what I learned from them. And for everything I learned about myself by being with my folks, plus for the skills I learned inworld.

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    Fatigue as a style of management

    in General Discussion Forum

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    2 hours ago, Selene Gregoire said:

    Pricing things out of people's reach does tend to take the fun out of SL. 

    I don't know... I think you overreact massively here.

    I spent a little over10€ /month for SL before I went premium, a little over 10€per month before the Premium rate raise, and will spend a little over 10€ after it. SO what's there "pricing things out of people's reach"? That little Premium raise from 9.50 to 11.99 bucks per month: So what? A simple cup of coffee in a Café downtown costs more than that difference.

    And the raise  of transaction fees? C'mon, those few percent's won't take you the butter from your bread either.

    But you can complain about it all you want, it's up to you whether you see it rationally -- or exaggerate things according to your mood, and let this mood affect your SL.

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